Poppy spends ages on her entry for the playground-makeover competition. She plans to turn the ugly concrete into a beautiful garden, complete with hedgehog roads! So she's devastated when she's accused of copying someone else's design... How can Poppy bring her garden to life? Good job her friends have a few ideas of their own! ...

It is the night before Christmas & you're just about to snuggle up into bed for one last sleep before the big day...



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August 1939: Thirteen-year-old Poppy Brown is evacuated to a village in Dorset. Tired & frightened, she arrives with nothing but her gas mask & a change of clothes to her name. Billeted at a grand country house, Poppy is received with cold indifference above stairs & gets little better treatment from the servants. Lonely & missing the family she left behind in London, Poppy is devastated when she hears that they have been killed in the Blitz. Circumstances soon force Poppy to move to the suburbs & into the company of strangers once more. Earning a meagre income as a hospital cleaner, as the war continues to rage, Poppy longs to do her duty. & as soon as she is able to, she starts her training as a nurse. While the man she loves is fighting in the skies above Europe, Poppy battles to survive the day-to-day hardships & dangers of wartime, wondering if she'll ever see him again... ...

Join in with the popstar princesses as they get ready for a pop convert, perform live on TV & practice their amazing dance moves. With over 50 stickers, including everything from sparkly shoes to glittering headbands, girls will love to play popstars with this perfect book. ...

As its servicemen returned home at the end of World War II, the US Army turned to Popular Mechanics to help them find new & lucrative occupations. A series of ten pamphlets was created, teaching skills that were 'fun to do & profitable too'. This title presents a reprint of these ten pamphlets given to the US army on their return from WW2. ...

Ever wondered if you could beat a T. rex in an arm-wrestling match? If modern alchemists have cooked up any gold yet? & if vinyl really sounds better than other recording methods? Then " Noisy Stars, Flying Cars, & Life on Mars" is the book for you. From the whizzes at " Popular Science" magazine, this quirky title is full of wild, weird queries & their unexpected answers from experts in every realm of science. It's the unlikely yet edifying question-&-answer session--right in your hands! With questions like: Just how old is dirt, really? Are men or women more likely to be hit by lightning? What do whales sing about? Why don't we have our jet packs or flying cars yet? ...

A scrapbook-style novel that charts the friendship of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang as they embark on a quest to study the behaviors & tastes of the popular girls so they can join their ranks in middle school. As they write their own story, their friendship evolves in touching & relatable ways. ...

After spending six months apart, best friends Julie & Lydia are reunited at last. Julie has said good-bye to the mean girls, & Lydia is ready to apply her hard-earned friendship lessons to founding their own crew. But bad news interrupts their reunion. ...

This celebration of all that is great about pork showcases its fantastic versatility. Chapters cover Shoulder & Ribs, Belly, Loin & Fillet, Ham, Bacon, Sausages & Oddbits (offal), & cover the recipes & techniques needed to make everything from Dry-cured Ham, Chorizo & Salami to Smoked Pig Cheek Pancetta & Black Pudding Fritters. The 100 international recipes hail from the USA, Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, France & India, among others, & explore the cooking & preserving of pork around the globe. The book also covers the rearing of pigs, including their feed regimes, day-to-day care & the best diets to produce flavoursome meat. Essential reading for pork lovers everywhere. ...

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). The new prison officer, Beale, makes Mac Kay (Fulton Mac Kay) look soft & what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty & Fletcher wants no part of it. The breakout is set for the day of a morale raising football match between a celebrity football team & the inmates of Slade. Everything is going to plan until Godber (Richard Beckinsale) is injured on the goal post. In the ensuing confusion Fletcher finds himself on the wrong side of the prison walls & must now try & break back into prison. ...